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Best Bench: 117% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 100% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 100% Great: 117%

SPEED RANK: 45^th / 1442

Gaming 109%

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Desktop 110%

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Workstation 111%

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Best Bench: 126% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 105% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)

Poor: 105% Great: 126%

SPEED RANK: 27^th / 1442

Gaming 116%

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Desktop 117%

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Workstation 138%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		109 %			116 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +7%


20 Oct22\|HardwareLUXX The Dino Intel is not yet extinct:...	RiftB 10%	0 %	Control 1%, SpiderM 3%, CPunk 2%, TWarTroy 3%, F122 2%, DoomE 1%
20 Oct22\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-13600K Review - Best...	AoE4 9%, FarC6 3%, WatchDL 4%, BFV 1%, RDR2 12%, DoomE 2%	1 %	Forza5 0%, Bord3 0%, CPunk 0%, EldenR 1%, Civ6 5%, CSGO 41%
22 Nov22\|Gamers Nexus Intel i7-13700K CPU Review & Bench...	TWarW3 4%	14 %	FarC6 11%, GTAV 10%, SotTR 17%, CSGO 38%, R6S 12%
20 Oct22\|Tweakers Intel 13th Gen Core Raptor Lake Re...	F122 5%, MetroEx 2%	2 %	FarC6 12%, RDR2 3%, TWarW3 0%
20 Oct22\|Linustechtips We were afraid to publish this vid...		24 %	Factorio 45%, Forza5 11%, Hitm3 23%, FarC6 23%, SotTR 29%, CPunk 16%, CSGO 41%, TinTW 11%, TWarW3 15%
06 Nov22\|Tom's Hardware Intel Core i7-13700K Review: Core ...		18 %	Hitm3 23%, FarC6 22%, WatchDL 13%, CPunk 13%, RDR2 25%, MSFS21 27%, F121 13%, TWarW3 6%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	80 Pts	81.5 Pts	+2%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	194 Pts	211 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +9%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	382 Pts	411 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +8%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	736 Pts	804 Pts	Slightly faster quad-core speed. +9%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1223 Pts	1536 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +26%


Memory OC Memory Latency	91.1 Pts	92.2 Pts	+1%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	207 Pts	218 Pts	Slightly faster OC single-core speed. +5%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	416 Pts	434 Pts	+4%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	813 Pts	863 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +6%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1367 Pts	1693 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +24%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.82 %	Hugely higher market share. +486%	0.14 %
Value Value For Money	122 %	Better value. +16%	105 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	98 %	Much more popular. +69%	58 %
Price Price (score)	$182	Much cheaper. +54%	$394


Age Newest	29 Months		18 Months	Much more recent. +38%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watts	More energy efficient. +26%	170 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	10 cores		12 cores	Higher core count. +20%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	16 threads		24 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%
Lithography Manufacturing process	10 nm		5 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz		4.7 GHz	Faster base frequency. +27%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.9 GHz		5.6 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +14%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1926 Pts		2977 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +55%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1743 Pts		2800 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +61%


Series CPU Architecture	Alder Lake	Zen4
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1700	AM5
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 770	RDNA2

Intel’s latest 10-core i5-12600K Alder Lake desktop processor offers an impressive 50% 64-core performance improvement over it's predecessor. The 12600K combines six hyper-threaded Golden Cove P-cores with clock speeds up to 4.9 GHz and four energy efficient Gracemont E-cores for a total of 16 threads. Alder Lake CPUs have a new LGA 1700 socket which requires new cooler brackets and a new Z690 motherboard. Z690 brings several new features including PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 memory. Most Z690 boards will ship in both DDR4 and DDR5 variants. DDR4 is likely the better option, at least until DDR5 prices settle. With an MRSP of just $290 USD, the 12600K is both cheaper and faster than the competition in both single and, notably, multi-core performance. As a result, even AMD's prolific marketing infrastructure (youtube, reddit, forums etc.) will struggle to drive sales, at least until Zen 4 launches (est. late 2022). In the meantime, Intel's i5-12600K is the obvious choice for consumers that do not wish to pay over the odds for almost unparalleled performance in the majority of workloads including gaming. That said, gamers that already own a K series CPU from the 8th gen. or higher will see limited gains in the majority of titles when paired with a 3060 (or lower) tier GPU. In some cases (e.g. PUBG or Overwatch) gamers will see fewer frame drops by disabling the E-Cores all together. If recent history is a guide, stock levels at MSRP are likely to deplete rapidly. ^{[Nov '21 CPUPro]}

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Within minutes of the first, pre-release, 7000 series userbenchmark results, AMD’s marketers broadcast a 20% win over the 12900K via thousands of anonymous twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices while AMD completely dominates “sponsored news” and social media channels. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Even with Intel's marketing department asleep at the wheel, Ryzen will quickly end up in the same state as Radeon. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. The combined market share for all of AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs (Steam stats) is just 2%. Although the new 7000 series Zen4 CPUs are actually around 15% faster than their predecessors, they have hefty cooling requirements (TDP +60% vs 5000 series), 30 second BIOS post times, expensive DDR5 RAM requirements and only work with expensive motherboards. Despite the 7000 series struggling to match Intel’s outgoing 12th gen, AMD market it as a “future proof” platform! They want users to pay a premium for last gen performance in exchange for the shallow promise of upgrades in the future. Over the next few days, Intel’s 13th gen (Raptor Lake) will launch. Shoppers will do well to wait until then. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire their technical progress. AMD-Raptor4 and Intel-Zen13 would be better fitting product names. ^{[Sep '22 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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